--- title: So the boy flew over to the hoeing bee, and all the people began to… — Ojibwa myths and tales · tree and pragmatics description: So the boy flew over to the hoeing bee, and all the people began to say: “Look at the witch, look at the witch,” and the witch herself began to get very mad (angry) and act crazy when she saw the boy in her turkey skin. Who acts: boy, people, witch. A sentence of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/13/8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Ojibwa myths and tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/) / [Rama Witches. (no. 2.)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/13/) / 8 # Ojibwa myths and tales, Rama Witches. (no. 2.), sentence 8 So the boy flew over to the hoeing bee, and all the people began to say: “Look at the witch, look at the witch,” and the witch herself began to get very mad (angry) and act crazy when she saw the boy in her turkey skin. **Who acts:** boy, people, witch · **What happens:** fly over, hoe, begin, say, look, get · **To what, where:** boy, turkey skin · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidlaw, Rama Witches. (no. 2.). The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (boy, people, witch), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg76755:13:8 # text = So the boy flew over to the hoeing bee, and all the people began to say: “Look at the witch, look at the witch,” and the witch herself began to get very mad (angry) and act crazy when she saw the boy in her turkey skin. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 over over ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 hoeing hoe VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 amod _ _ 9 bee bee NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 14 det:predet _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 15 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 19 “ " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 21 at at ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 26 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ” " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 34 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 35 nsubj _ _ 35 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 very very ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 xcomp _ _ 40 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 41 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 act act VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 45 crazy crazy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 xcomp _ _ 46 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 48 advmod _ _ 47 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 advcl _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 53 turkey turkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 compound _ _ 54 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly over** | past | the boy | | | | | to the hoeing bee *result*; over *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to bee=Result | | 2 | **hoe** | gerund | | | | | | | vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **begin** | past | all people | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | all people *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **look** *in a quote* | infinitive | the boy *not said here* | | | | | at the witch | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at witch=Theme | | 6 | **look** *in a quote* | infinitive | the boy *not said here* | | | | | at the witch | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at witch=Theme | | 7 | **begin** | past | the witch | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **get** | to-infinitive | the witch *not said here* | | | | | mad *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **act** | infinitive | the witch *not said here* | | | | | crazy *property* | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **see** | past | witch | the boy | | witch's turkey skin | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer boy=Stimulus | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidlaw, Project Gutenberg book 76755 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/13/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/13/9/) - ↑ back to [Rama Witches. (no. 2.)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/13/)